Category: Marijuana News

Chris Long, who spent 11 seasons with the Rams, Patriots and Eagles as a defensive end, admits now that he regularly consumed marijuana s an active player. “I certainly enjoyed my fair share on a regular basis throughout my career”, said Long Wednesday on The Dan Patrick Show. “I was[…]

Ras Iyah V. describes himself as confrontational, especially with the police, notes a recent Reuters article. Ras is well known in Jamaica for his outspoken support of the marijuana industry. A Rastafarian with a long beard and dreadlocks, Ras has had numerous run-ins with the law over the years. Authorities[…]

According to a new study published by the journal Neuropsychopharmacology, the co-administration of marijuana and sub-therapeutic doses of oxycodone produces enhanced analgesic effects in human subjects. “Cannabinoids combined with opioids produce synergistic antinociceptive effects, decreasing the lowest effective antinociceptive opioid dose (i.e., opioid-sparing effects) in laboratory animals”, begins the study’s[…]

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Representative Hakeem Jeffries have refiled their bill to remove marijuana from the feds controlled substances list. “The Marijuana Freedom and Opportunity Act is a phenomenal step forward in terms of social, racial, and economic justice in the context of what many people view as[…]

The Las Vegas City Council has given approval to a new law that would explicitly allow marijuana consumption lounges where the plant can legally be consumed. The City Council on Wednesday approved the ordinance to allow “social use venues” for marijuana. They will be allowed in the downtown and urban[…]

The consumption of cannabidiol (CBD) is associated with anti-cancer responses in human subjects, according to a pair of recently published case studies which were first reported by NORML. In the first study, British investigators reported on the use of CBD in an 81-year-old lung cancer patient following his decision to decline[…]

The American Psychological Association (APA) is urging United States Attorney General William Barr to review more than two-dozen pending applications for federal marijuana grow licenses, reports NORML. In a letter dated Wednesday, February 27, the APA urged the Justice Department to “act immediately” on 26 applications pending before federal officials;[…]

A bill that would make Florida the 11th U.S. state to legalize marijuana has been filed in Florida’s Legislature. House Bill 1117 would legalize the possession and use of up to 2.5 ounces of marijuana for those 21 and older, who would also be allowed to grow up to six[…]

Exposure to marijuana isn’t associated with significant changes in brain morphology in either older or younger subjects, according to a pair of new studies. As reported by NORML, in the first study, researchers from the University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine compared brain scans of occasional (one to two[…]

A ballot initiative that would make medical marijuana legal for everyone 21 and older has been filed in Nebraska. The initiative was filed by State Senators Anna Wishart (D) and Adam Morfeld (D) on behalf of Nebraskans for Sensible Marijuana Laws, a nonprofit political committee. The group is hoping to[…]